Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

OLIVEIRA, OTTO M. P., MIRANDA, THAÍS P., ARAUJO, ENILMA M., AYÓN, PATRICIA, CEDEÑO-POSSO, CRISTINA M., CEPEDA-MERCADO, AMANCAY A., CÓRDOVA, PABLO, CUNHA, AMANDA F., GENZANO, GABRIEL N., HADDAD, MARIA ANGÉLICA, MIANZAN, HERMES W., MIGOTTO, ALVARO E., MIRANDA, LUCÍLIA S., MORANDINI, ANDRÉ C., NAGATA, RENATO M., NASCIMENTO, KARINE B., JÚNIOR, MIODELI NOGUEIRA, PALMA, SERGIO, QUIÑONES, JAVIER, RODRIGUEZ, CAROLINA S., SCARABINO, FABRIZIO, SCHIARITI, AGUSTÍN, STAMPAR, SÉRGIO N., TRONOLONE, VALQUÍRIA B. & MARQUES, ANTONIO C., 2016, Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters, Zootaxa 4194 (1), pp. 1-256 : 170-171

Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms in the area: Campanularia prolifera Meyen, 1834 [polyp]; Obelia geniculata f. typica —Hartlaub 1904 p. 6 [polyp]; Obelia geniculata var. subsessilis Jäderholm, 1904b p. 2–3 [polyp]; Laomedea geniculata —Leloup 1974 p. 19–21; Wedler 1975 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, from 0.35°N to 1.24°S in Galápagos Archipelago, Peru, at 12.01°S 77.21°W in Callao, at 15.33°S 75.16°W in Bahia San Juan (Fraser 1938a, 1938b, 1939; Calder et al. 2003); Chile, from 22.08°S to 55.37°S (Jäderholm 1904b p. 2–3; Hartlaub 1904 p. 6, 1905 p. 581–582; Nutting 1915 p. 73–76; Leloup 1974 p. 19–21; Orejas et al. 2000; Galea 2007 p. 93–94; Galea et al. 2007a p. 161, 2007b p. 312, 2009a p. 323); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, from Santa Marta to Bahia Honda coast, Brazil to Argentina, at 9.80°S 35.80°W, from 20°S to 28.77°S, from 32°S to 56°S, at Tierra del Fuego, at Malvinas (Falkland) Islands and at South Georgia Island (Meyen 1834; Allman 1888; Versluys 1899; Hartlaub 1904, 1905; Jäderholm 1903, 1905, 1910; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a; Blanco 1964; Wedler 1975; Blanco & Morris 1977; Bandel & Wedler 1987; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Genzano et al. 1991; Haddad 1992; Migotto 1996; Genzano & Zamponi 1997; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997, 2003; Haddad & Chiaverini 2000, abstract; Haddad et al. 2000, abstract; Migotto et al. 2002; Oliveira 2003; Seo 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Menon et al. 2006, abstract; Bornancin 2008; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015; Marques et al. 2013);

medusa—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 20.550°S 40.233°W, at 20.833°S 40.000°W, at 24.183°S 46.783°W, at 25.833°S 48.583°W (Vannucci 1951a).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 1200m depth, on Macrocystis pyrifera , carapace of Eurypodius latreillii , mussels, hydroids (Allman 1888; Versluys 1899; Hartlaub 1904 p. 6; Jäderholm 1904b p. 2–3; Fraser 1938a, 1938b; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949; Leloup 1974 p. 19–21; Blanco & Morris 1977; Bandel & Wedler 1987; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Haddad 1992; Migotto 1996; Haddad & Chiaverini 2000; Calder et al. 2003; Oliveira 2003; Oliveira et al. 2006; Grohmann 2006; Menon et al. 2006; Bornancin 2008; Galea 2007 p. 93–94; Oliveira & Marques 2007, 2011; Shimabukuro 2007; Miranda et al. 2011).

Obelia longa Stechow, 1921 c

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, at 39.03°S 55.65°W, at 46°S 66°W (Genzano et al. 1991, 2009a; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Zamponi et al. 1998).

Habitat: from 87 to 200m depth (Zamponi et al. 1998; Genzano et al. 1991, 2009a; Genzano & Zamponi 2003).